BEAST to team up with Janet Jackson's choreographer next month

choreographer Robert Steinbacher (top) and BEAST members (bottom) [Y Tree Media]

Famed choreographer Robert Steinbacher has been announced to visit Korea next month to direct BEAST's moves in a bodyART DVD.

Steinbacher, who invented a training concept called bodyART that combines functional training and classical breathing techniques of yoga, pilates and stretching, is visiting the shooting set of the boys' upcoming DVD to teach them himself in June, the group's promoter Y Tree Media said in a statement this morning.

A dancer, choreographer, and educator, Steinbacher is one of the most talented figures in the pop scene, having directed many big name celebrities like Janet Jackson and Toni Braxton.

"Steinbacher has a huge interest in K-pop music and he has been wanting to experience the fever himself by visiting the country," bodyArt Korea's representative Han Jung-seok was quoted as saying.

"He watched a video of BEAST on YouTube and highly praised the boys' energetic moves and music. He's looking foward to meeting the boys next month because he missed their concert in Germany in February."

BEAST -- composed of Du-jun, Yo-seop, Hyun-seung, Gi-kwang, Jun-hyun and Dong-woon -- has many hit songs under their belt including "Shock," "Mystery," "Beautiful" and "Fiction."

BEAST has been jet-setting around the world for their tour "BEAUTIFUL SHOW," which kicked off in Seoul in early February.

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